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02/12/2025

Updated at 7:07 p.m.

The titular book that goes on sale today in Spain will only, I fear, improve the operational account of the Planeta publishing house and save the copyright for a man in no financial trouble. Well, also to Stimulating public debate: The anti-monarchy left is already wringing its hands, and the royal house is scowling. In fact, he issued a statement saying that the launch promotional video, which the author posted at his own risk, seemed “unnecessary and inappropriate.” I think the sentence is too lenient. In fact, the controversy video (not bad for promoting a book with an ambivalent title) contains no statement. In addition to being officially vulgar (many people initially thought it was a “deepfake” made using everyday AI), it claims to pursue two goals that are, in my opinion, beyond its reach. The first is to ensure that young people know the history of the transition period without self-interested distortions. The success of that last historic episode is part of his legacy, and he does not want others to spoil it with malicious stories. very good. This is your right. The problem is that the book does not serve this cause. He also does not provide details that have not been revealed by him or the historians who have faithfully reconstructed that section of history, nor does he limit himself to recalling the basic historical events of the time. What relation did his impeccable political conduct during the last years of the 1970s have to his deplorable personal conduct, which even at that time was moving the councils of the best insiders? Why did you want to mix the story of transition to democracy – an unprecedented one – with biased references to your personal and family life? How does this help the goal of young people’s knowledge of history? It is true that Juan Carlos was the driving force of change, the cornerstone of the transition, the king who spread the benefits of monarchy when so few people believed in him, and that he was the person most responsible for progressive popular discontent. He did what no educated king would do: endanger the institution by believing that its sanctity was above the rule of the street. When he realized his mistake, he had to quickly abdicate and delegate to his son the gigantic task of rebuilding what he had destroyed. This is why, according to the video, the second goal the book aims to achieve is meaningless: asking the same Spaniards who had estranged them from royal sympathy to support King Felipe in his efforts to reestablish them. I hope God will forgive me for this comparison, but it is as if Abalos, the main proponent of the return of socialism to power, is now asking left-wing voters from prison to support the renewal of the Socialist Workers’ Party. Tortilla skewers and canes that will make Ferraz’s foundations scream in terror. Thank God the Zarzuela team is more consistent.

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